SCEBs - University of Colorado Boulder
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Acknowledgements<br />
The author wishes to extend his deepest sense <strong>of</strong> gratitude to his advisor,<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Bernard Amadei, for his guidance, inspiration, and assistance. It is his<br />
perseverance, insight, and supervision that made this thesis possible. The author is<br />
indebted to Tom Bowen and Robyn Sandekian for their direction and invaluable<br />
contributions. Also deserving <strong>of</strong> the author‟s sincere gratitude: Pr<strong>of</strong>essors John<br />
McCartney and Abbie Liel, for their support and time serving as members <strong>of</strong> the author‟s<br />
Master‟s Defense Committee; Brett Grunert, for his research contributions and<br />
instructions; Graham Allen, Nathan Bailey, Michael Eck and Ryon Pax, for their endless<br />
assistance in the laboratory.<br />
The author also wishes to thank the Division <strong>of</strong> Energy and Mineral Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> the United States Department <strong>of</strong> the Interior for its financial support making this<br />
research possible. Additional thanks are extended to Stephen Manydeeds, Winter Jojola-<br />
Talburt, Dennis Bodenchuk, and Richard Waissar.<br />
In addition, the research presented in this thesis would have been impossible<br />
without the participation and cooperation <strong>of</strong> the Crow and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes.<br />
Many thanks are extended to the members <strong>of</strong> these communities as well as Larry and<br />
Stephen Fallsdown, <strong>of</strong> Good Earth Lodges, and their loyal employees.<br />
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